Department of Geology
P.O. Box 8795
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia
23187-8795
geology@wm.edu
Voice: 757/221-2440
Fax: 757/221-2093
The shell illustrated above is a ~4 million year old Chesapecten jeffersonius, the state fossil of Virginia. This ancient scallop lived in shallow seas that once covered the Coastal Plain of Virginia. To learn more about the Geology of Virginia click on the icon below.
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William & Mary geologists at the base of Santa Elena Canyon. Students hiked along the Rio Grande through this Canyon in Big Bend National Park
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